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The Intel Pentium Presler XE Overclocks Easily to 4.26GHz

THe guys over at The Inq. (We don't sign NDA's) have announced that they have seen a Presler processor hit 4.26GHz with only an extra 0.025 Volts on the reference board and heat sink. I'm impressed with this number, but not at all with thevCPU temperature being at 91 C while sitting in the BIOS. With a new core and the move down to 65nm I was hopeful that Intel would move away from their temperature issues!

I changed the default x13 multiplier not to x14, but to x15 and, when I rebooted the system, the magical 4.0 GHz clock frequency status appeared, yet I only upped the default CPU voltage by 0.025 volts. The CPU temperature as per hardware monitor jumped from 80 C to 90 C, and then pretty much stayed there over those 15 mins as I checked all the new BIOS options, some of which I saw for the first time on an Intel board. Anyway, let's go all the way to a nice, more harmonious x16 multiplier - yes it worked too, and I got an even nicer 4.26 GHz clock with an extra 0.025 volts on top.

The Inquirer

Posted by | Mon, Dec 19, 2005 - 07:00 AM